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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,415

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,369,819,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 8,724,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % ● 174
Adi Dravida India 8,683,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.10 % ● 174
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,527,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % ● 171
Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 8,481,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 170
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,255,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 165
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 7,944,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 159
Somali Ethiopia 7,813,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 156
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,766,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % ● 155
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,753,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 155
Nair India 7,717,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 154
Madura Indonesia 7,625,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.05 % ● 152
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,619,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 152
Viswakarma unspecified India 7,599,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 152
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 7,594,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 152
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,551,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % ● 151
Tajik Tajikistan 7,351,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 147
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,176,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % ● 144
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 7,090,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 142
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,864,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.02 % ● 137
Bambara Mali 6,723,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % ● 134
Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,709,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.16 % ● 134
Ilavan India 6,700,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 134
Vakkaliga unspecified India 6,659,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % ● 133
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) India 6,647,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 133
Sayyid Pakistan 6,519,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 130
Totals:  7,415 People Groups   3,369,819,000             70,794
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